Identify and use action verbs and personal pronouns accurately to describe activities and replace naming words.

Demonstrate comprehension of spoken stories, instructions, and media by answering questions, following multi-step directions, and clarifying meaning.

Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions using words and pictures from storybooks.

Understand and use question starter words to ask and answer questions about people, things, places, time, reasons, and methods.

Ask and answer questions, make and verify predictions, and identify the main topic and key facts in informational texts.

Explain the roles of authors and illustrators and analyze how pictures enhance story meaning.

Construct, expand, and manipulate simple complete sentences with accurate subject-verb agreement.

Demonstrate command of capitalization for sentence starts, 'I', and names, and apply periods, question marks, and exclamation points.

Track how characters feel, why their emotions change, and how they react to big events.

Identify and describe characters, settings, and first-person versus third-person point of view.

Participate politely and actively in conversations with classmates and adults by taking turns, staying on topic, and building on shared ideas.